Month: March 2018

Mistry simply majestic in Nomads SA Rose Bowl

27 March 2018 – Kajal Mistry wrote the next chapter of her blossoming career when she won the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship in wire-to-wire style on Tuesday. In a show of sublime mental fortitude and composure, the 17-year-old Randpark junior was in a class of her own over 54 holes at Royal Cape…
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Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship Update

26 March 2018 – Clovelly’s Isabella van Rooyen and Anika Smit from Vryheid share the B-Division lead on 173 at the end of the first two rounds, while Danielle Foster from King David Mowbray Golf Club swept to a nine point lead in the C-Division in the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship at Royal Cape…
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Mistry makes her move at Royal Cape

26 March 2018 – Kajal Mistry stuck to a well-laid game plan to open up a yawning lead at the 36-hole mark of the Nomads SA Girls Rose Bowl Championship on Monday. The country’s top ranked amateur made the most of an early start in balmy conditions to fire a superb four-under-par 70 and kept…
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GolfRSA honours top 2017 achievers

18 March 2018 – Ekurhuleni amateur Kyle McClatchie scooped three trophies at the GolfRSA and Sunshine Tour Awards Ceremony held at the Maslow Hotel on Sunday night. The former number one-ranked amateur took home GolfRSA’s Open Amateur of the Year Award and the Outstanding Achievement Award for his triumph in the 2017 English Amateur Stroke…
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Bekker cleans up at Sunshine Tour awards

18 March 2018 – Oliver Bekker took home five awards, including the prestigious Commissioner’s Award at the Maslow Hotel where the Sunshine Tour and Golf RSA held their awards ceremony on Sunday. Bekker, who won three times during the 2017-18 Sunshine Tour season, was recognised for his overall contribution to golf on the Tour in…
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Carlsson edges Woollam for Northern Amateur glory

16 March 2018 – Andrew Carlsson made sure that his 25th birthday will be one for the books after he edged out Chris Woollam to lift the Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship title on Friday. The Bryanston golfer went toe-to-toe with Woollam from KwaZulu-Natal at Randpark Golf Club and clinched victory at the 37th hole.…
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Royston rallies for KZN Champs victory

15 March 2018 – Harvard-bound Chloë Royston from Newcastle staved off a spirited challenge from South Africa’s number three ranked Zethu Myeki when she won the Stroke Play Division in the KwaZulu-Natal Championship on March 12. Making the most of sunny and wind-still conditions Mount Edgecombe Country Club, Royston reeled in a hat-trick of birdies…
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Albertse conquers at Pro Shop Northern Amateur

15 March 2018 – There can be few finer ways to seal a victory than with a flawless performance and that was exactly how in-form Louis Albertse won the 72-hole stroke play qualifier of the prestigious Pro Shop Northern Amateur Championship on 13 March. The 21-year-old Dundee native was in imperious form all week at…
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Ernie to renew Presidents Cup rivalry with Tiger

South Africa’s Ernie Els has a chance to renew his old rivalry with Tiger Woods as the pair have been named opposing captains for the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne next year. With the Americans having won the last seven Cups, the tournament is desperately in need of a spark to renew waning public interest,…
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Golf’s new Rules for 2019 include significant changes

The USGA and The R&A have unveiled the new Rules of Golf, to be implemented January 1, 2019. The USGA and The R&A finalised golf’s new Rules this month after an extensive review that included a request for feedback from the global golf community on the proposed changes. Golfers can now access the official 2019…
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Success for Buhai, Bregman and Coetzee at SA Women’s Open

10 March 2018 – Ashleigh Buhai wrote her name in the record books of the Investec South African Women’s Open once again, thanks to a two-stroke victory at Westlake Golf Club in Cape Town on Saturday. The only amateur to win the national championship twice – and the youngest champion to boot – fired a…
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Double joy for SA at AAJGC in Morocco

10 March 2018 – Both South African teams qualified for the 2018 Toyota Junior World Cup in Japan with victories in the Boys and Girls Competitions of the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Morocco on Friday. The SA Boys team claimed a 20th consecutive victory for South Africa in the prestigious junior championship on a…
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SA firmly in control at AAJGC

9 March 2018 – The South African teams kept their respective title defences in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge firmly on track despite tough scoring conditions at the Royal Dar Es Salam Golf Club in Morocco on Thursday. Kajal Mistry and Symone Henriques combined for a third round 157 to move South Africa to 471…
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SA teams solidify position in Morocco

8 March 2018 – Both South African teams made the most of the weather reprieve in Morocco to cement their positions at the top of the standings in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge on Wednesday. After navigating torrential rain and gusting wind in the opening round to take the lead in the Boys Competition, the…
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Solid start for SA teams in Morocco

7 March 2018 – Both South African teams made a strong start to the country’s title defence in the All-Africa Junior Golf Challenge in Morocco, despite torrential rain and winds gusting up to 50km per hour that tormented the international field at the Royal Dar Es Salam Golf Club in Rabat on Tuesday. Kajal Mistry…
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Sanlam SA Amateur glory goes to Germishuys

2 March 2018 – Not since Ernie Els lost to Neville Clarke at the 40th hole in 1988 has the 36-hole final of the Sanlam South African Amateur Championship gone further than 38 holes. On Friday, the four-time Major champion was dialled into the action at Durban Country Club as Deon Germishuys and Chris Woollam…
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Woollam, Germishuys to face off in SA Amateur final

1 March 2018 – For a second successive year the 36-hole final round battle for Sanlam South African Amateur Championship glory will be an all-South African affair after Chris Woollam and Deon Germishuys crushed Scotland’s title hopes in the semi-final round of the Sanlam SA Amateur Championship at Durban Country Club on Thursday. Scotland won…
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